Upcoming Events

So, it's been awhile since I've written and I've got some down time and thought I'd write before getting back to the grind. "The Grind" meaning laundry, dishes, vacuuming, and whatever else I can find to do before the boys get home.

We've got some pretty exciting things going on in the month of November. To start things off, my Dad is coming to visit the 1st through the 5th and I absolutely can not wait to see him! This is an extra special trip for him (well for all of us) for many reasons. One being that he gets to see me after almost a year, yippie! Two being that he finally gets to meet Ryan, hooray! And three being that in his 57 years of existence, he has never been to the East Coast, whoa! I am soo excited! My brother and I are so very lucky to have such an amazing Dad! I'm not sure exactly what we're going to do while he's here, but what's totally kick ass about my Dad is that he is perfectly content just hanging out at the house and relaxing. Sure, we're going to show him around and do some fun things but it's nice knowing that we don't have to be on the go 24/7 keeping him entertained... He's happy just being here with us and I love that about him! We are going to have a great time!!

During the 2nd week of November we are going to The Marine Corps Ball! I've never been to one and even though Ryan says they're not all that they're cracked out to be, I am still so excited! I bought a super cute dress that I can't wait to wear! When we went dress shopping, I was buying a dress on two conditions... that it was long and not black.... I ended up buying a short black dress. It's not too short though; right above my knees. I think it looks classy. The only thing I don't like about it is that it makes me look skinnier than I already am... my main reason for not wanting a black dress since I'm super self conscious about being skinny. Oh well. It will be nice to get away for the evening and stay in a hotel ( for some reason I love staying in hotels, it's super exciting to me ) and get dressed up and get to see my husband in his Dress Blues because he looks so handsome in them!! It will be nice to have an extra memorable evening with our good friends, Caitlin and Christian, before we leave North Carolina (which I'm still not sure if that's happening or not). I know if we do leave, I'm going to miss them so much. It's hard meeting good friends in the military... well at least it has been for me, but I'm so thankful that we have them because they're the definition of true friends.

So I guess since I mentioned leaving North Carolina, I will touch base on that subject really quick. We still don't know what we're doing. Ryan may stay in the Marines, he may not. We may stay on the East Coast, we may not. He may get a Federal job, he may not... we're still looking at and considering all of the possibilities and trying to make the best choice for us. It's stressful knowing that our life could be completely changing in less than 3 months but I know we'll be okay no matter what. We are so excited for all of the possibilities. We talk a lot about going some place completely new and different... I think it would be so fun to live somewhere that we know nothing about... figuring out new fun things to do together, traveling to get to know the area together, just being completely alone together... little things like that excite us. We will see what happens! As exciting as moving sounds, we have both come to the conclusion that moving away from Charly is going to be pretty hard. He's the best brother I could ever ask for and he has most definitely become one of Ryan's best friends. When we went to Asheville we couldn't wait to get home and see him, we really missed him! Same with when he's gone... we look forward to having him home... all 3 of us make this house a home... It will be hard leaving him :( Ryan and I hope that we can all live close to each other for the rest of our lives... we're going to try to talk Charly into getting a job wherever we end up going so we can continue being 3 peas in a pod... maybe in separate houses though :) I don't think we'll have to twist his arm too much... I know he's going to miss us too :)